Comments | vermin_disciple: Ficlet: On Transmutation (and Tortoises)

vermin_disciple

Ficlet: On Transmutation (and Tortoises)

Oct 24, 2011 01:18

Fandom Good Omens
Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley
Rating: G
Word Count: 775. It got away from me.
Notes: For anthean, who requested "Aziraphale in history, any time period you like, but must include a turtle." I cheated, since this technically involves a tortoise.
Summary: c. 1859. In which Aziraphale reads the latest bestseller, and he and Crowley take ( Read more... )

!my fic: good omens, !my fic, .drabblish meme

Comments 10

gehayi October 24 2011, 07:49:15 UTC

I love it! And I agree with the two of them--evolution IS logical, when you know anything about it.

I think you've portrayed both of them beautifully. I do love Crowley talking to a tortoise and expecting it to answer, and Aziraphale considering Macedonian Greek to be a venial sin at least.

Well done!

vermin_disciple October 24 2011, 15:11:00 UTC

That is the beauty of the theory of evolution by natural selection - it's so elegantly logical. I like the idea of playing around with evolutionary theory in the Good Omens universe for that reason. Canonically it's flat-out wrong, but given the evidence, Someone has gone to an awful lot of trouble to make it look good...

Thank you! I'm glad you think I've done them justice - it's been so long since I attempted GO fic, I wasn't sure I could get their voices down.

gehayi October 24 2011, 15:44:14 UTC

You totally got their voices down. Totally ( ... )

vermin_disciple October 25 2011, 23:50:18 UTC

I love this comment. A lot. Just so you know. <3

clodia_metelli October 24 2011, 09:23:03 UTC

Love that! Especially Aziraphale's views on Macedonian and the various uses to which tortoises may be put. Also //It wasn’t polite, of course, but then again, it usually wasn't a good idea to listen too closely to everything Crowley said. One often got oneself into trouble that way// is probably a good way to deal with demons generally...

vermin_disciple October 24 2011, 15:18:20 UTC

Thank you! :D

For some reason I know about a bunch of uses to which those tortoises were put, but I managed to restrain myself from including them all, heh.

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vermin_disciple October 24 2011, 15:20:10 UTC

Very glad you enjoyed it! :D

Don't tempt me, or I'll end up writing GO fic that revolves entirely around bad Latin grammar jokes... *points to icon*

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vermin_disciple October 25 2011, 23:55:24 UTC

Of course now I'm contemplating fic that involves Crowley trying to explain to Aziraphale why anyone would find "Semper ubi sub ubi" amusing...

*hides*

sunnyrea October 24 2011, 14:00:26 UTC

LOL Oh lovely

vermin_disciple October 24 2011, 15:20:55 UTC

Thank you! :)